Subsidised Access Application

Applications will be assessed by the NIF Operations Committee and a decision made as to the merit of research and availability of resources. Evaluation will be based on eligibility, merit and general scientific interest. Once a decision is reached the Researcher will be contacted directly by the Facility Fellow or Laboratory Manager. For further information on eligibility requirement please click here.

Subsidised Access is not available for internal access within nodes - it is expected that reserachers wishing to use facilities within their own institution will use subsidised access systems that already exist, and will not tie up time that has been allocated to NIF. 

Next Subsidised Access Committee Meeting (Round 20): 29th April, 2013

Applications close 22nd of April, 2013


Project Title
Your Details
Title:
Given Name:
Family Name:
Current position:
Attach your CV:
(maximum size 2Mb)
(Word or PDF formats only)
Mailing/Billing Address
Street:
City:
State:
Postcode:
Email Address:
Contact Phone:
Fax:
Eligibility & Access Criteria
Please indicate which of the following eligibility requirements are met by the applicant:

Capability may provide critical data to solve a scientific problem of national and/or international significance
Yes   No

Researcher of merit who needs to initiate research programs out of cycle with research funding opportunities
Yes   No

Recent appointment and have not yet had the opportunity to attract independent research funding
Yes   No

Early career researcher (completed PhD within last 5 years working fulltime or equivalent part time)
Yes   No

What year was your PhD awarded?

Please provide a statement as to how you fulfil the NIF access criteria as outlined on page 1 of the NIF access policy
 

Subsidised Access

Is this project part of an existing grant? *Note: It is typically expected that 25% of the standard instrument costs would be met by the researcher
Yes   No 

Will 100% access subsidy be required?
Yes   No 

If answered yes please provide justification for 100% access subsidy request.

Instruments of Interest
University of Queensland
 Not available yet 7T MRI Whole Body
Acquisition of this flagship instrument is expected 2013.
 16.4T MRI Small Animal  3T MRI Whole Body
 9.4T MRI Small Animal  9.4T MRI Small Animal (1H cryo)
 MR/PET Small Animal  7T MRI Small Animal (w/o PET)
 PET/CT Small Animal  4T MRI Whole Body

University of Sydney
 Radiochemistry Hot Cells  CT Small Animal
 PET Small Animal & Primate Brain  PET/SPECT/CT Small Animal
 PET/CT Small Animal  3T MRI Whole Body
 Beta Microprobe  Biodistribution Lab
 Image Analysis & Biomodelling Lab

University of New South Wales
 3T MRI Whole Body  IVIS Lumina Live Imaging
 Maestro Cri  3i VIVO Intravital Microscope
 Faxitron X-Ray  Vevo 770 Ultrasound Microimaging
 Inveon MicroCT  Inveon MicroPET
 9.4T MRI Small Animal

University of Western Sydney
 11.7T MRI Small Animal  7T MRI Small Animal

The Florey Neuroscience Institutes
 4.7T MRI Small Animal  

Monash University
 9.4T MRI Small Animal  Preclinical PET/SPECT/CT

Swinburne University of Technology
 3T MRI Whole Body  316 channel MEG

Large Animal Research & Imaging Facility
 1.5T MRI Whole Body  Hologic Dual X-Ray Absorptiometer
 Angiography suite/Image Intensifier  CT Scanning

Informatics
 Informatics
Project Details
What are your aims and objectives?
Describe the project of interest:
Specific outcome sought: 
Any preliminary results thus far? 
Relevant publications:

Project Requirements
What do you require (e.g. advice on techniques; use of equipment; training on equipment; other)?

Will you require the use of facilities to acquire data with operator support? 
Yes   No

If not, will you access the facility with your own operator?  
Yes   No

 

Estimated time required. Please include number of samples (animals), number of time points per sample and acquisition time per time point (if possible):

Do you need help with image analysis?
Yes   No

What format do you require for the image analysis? Normally raw data will be provided in standard formats (DICOM, ANALYSE etc).
If help is required please describe (e.g. DTI calculations, Kinetic modelling). This will raise the project to status of collaborative project.
Do you have ethics approval for your project?
Yes   No
Please provide ethics number & name of ethics committee: 

 

 

Please contact the relevant person from the table below on how to obtain ethics approval for research conducted at each node.

Node Contact Position Email
University of Qld Dr Gary Cowin Facility Fellow gary.cowin@cmr.uq.edu.au
University of NSW Dr Michael Green Facility Fellow m.green@neura.edu.au
University of Sydney Dr Will Ryder PTO will.ryder@sydney.edu.au
University of Western Sydney Dr Tim Stait-Gardner Facility Fellow T.Stait-Gardner@uws.edu.au
The Florey Neuroscience Institutes Dr Hong Wang Facility Fellow

hong.xing.wang@florey.edu.au

Monash University Prof Gary Egan Node Director

gary.egan@monash.edu.au

Swinburne University of Technology Dr William Woods Facility Fellow

wwoods@swin.edu.au

Large Animal & Research Imaging Facility Dr Tim Kuchel Node Director tim.kuchel@imvs.sa.gov.au

*Each applicant will be contacted via email within 4-6 weeks of application submission.

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